Jason David Williams is an American former basketball player and current television analyst. Williams was not wearing a helmet, was not licensed to ride a motorcycle in Illinois, and was also violating the terms of his Bulls contract by riding a motorcycle. Upon entering the Manhattan hotel room police said that Williams was visibly intoxicated, and that empty bottles of prescription medications were found around the room. The two later parted. In 2010, Williams pleaded guilty to assault in the accidental shooting death of a limousine driver. [12] He has also done motivational speaking and worked as an analyst on CBS College Sports Network during the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In basketball that year, Williams was named a First Team All-State Player in New Jersey, the New Jersey Player of the Year, a Parade All-American, a USA Today first team All-American, and a McDonald's All-American, where he competed in the Slam Dunk Contest and the McDonald's All-American Game, scoring 20 points in the contest. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team and professionally for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. Williams is widely known for being the Spokesperson of Visions Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Endwell, New York. He returned with two more voice & piano albums in 2007, Smiles and Tears, also consisting of classic hits by popular artists. He served a 27-month prison sentence and was released in April 2012. [citation needed]. In addition to his guest spot on Falling in Between, Williams was a guest singer at several Toto concerts. Then known as Jason Williams, he won the 2001 NCAA Championship with Duke, and was named NABC Player of … [20], On January 5, 2010, Williams was charged with driving while intoxicated after an early morning accident in lower Manhattan, in which he crashed his Mercedes into a tree. [8] He provided backing vocals on Peter Cetera's album World Falling Down and co-wrote the song "Man in Me", lead vocals for three tracks – "Walk The Wire", "History" and "When You Look in My Eyes" – to Jay Graydon's Airplay for the Planet album, subsequently touring with the band and backing vocals on Jon Anderson's In the City of Angels in 1988, most prominently on the song "Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)". Previously, Williams covered college basketball for the network. [2] His playing career was effectively ended by a motorcycle accident in 2003. 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[4] Williams attended Christ The King Regional High School and St. John's University, both in New York City, and played on the basketball team in both. He graduated with a degree in Sociology in 2002, and left Duke with 2,079 points, good for sixth all-time, and with his jersey number 22 retired at Senior Day. He then signed with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, and played in 3 games for the club. [1], Then known as Jason Williams, he won the 2001 NCAA Championship with Duke, and was named NABC Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002. Williams was born in Ritter, South Carolina, to Elijah Joshua Williams and Barbara Williams. He was convicted on four counts of trying to cover up the shooting. In 2010, Williams pleaded guilty to assault in the accidental shooting death of a limousine driver. [5] The following day, Williams underwent career-ending surgery in which a plate and five screws were inserted into his leg. [17][18], The New York City Police Department (NYPD) reported on April 27, 2009, that Williams was stunned with a taser in a New York City hotel by members of the NYPD after reports that Williams had become suicidal and violent. He is featured on Toto's 2006 album, Falling in Between, sharing lead vocals with Steve Lukather on "Bottom of Your Soul". Williams was lead vocalist with Toto during the mid-to-late 1980s and was featured on the albums Fahrenheit (1986) and The Seventh One (1988) before leaving due to personal problems. He is married to Nikki Bonacorsi and is the father of one daughter, Amelia. Williams was widely considered the best player in college basketball, earning both the prestigious Naismith Award and Wooden Award as College Basketball's Player of the Year in 2002. [7] At the time of the injury, Williams was in the first year of a six-year, $90 million contract. ESPN MediaZone (2010). [13] He was a recruiter for sports agency Ceruzzi Sports and Entertainment from 2007–09. In 2003, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" for the TV series Miracles. In 1997 and 1998 respectively, he shared vocal duties on two albums by the a cappella covers group The West Coast All Stars, the other vocalists being Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin and Jason Scheff, whereas Tommy Funderburk replaced Champlin on the Naturally album. The New York Post reported that Williams was playing with a shotgun while giving a tour of his 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) home when the weapon fired, killing Christofi. His nickname in high school was "Jay Dubs." Two years later, he was accused of firing a semiautomatic weapon into the parking lot at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. [9] He also sings backing vocals on five tracks from Steve Lukather's solo album Ever Changing Times in addition to lending his vocals to another of Lukather's solo albums, All's Well That Ends Well. [25] Young was a cast member of VH1's reality TV show Basketball Wives: LA. The song "What You're Missing" from the Chicago album Chicago 16 was co-written by him.